Mikkel Mikkelsen (badminton)

Mikkel Mikkelsen (born 22 May 1992) is a Danish badminton player.[1] In 2016, he won the mixed doubles titles at the Portugal International tournament partnered with Mai Surrow.[2] In May 2016, he and Surrow lifted their second title as a pair in only their fourth tournament together at the Slovenia International tournament.[3]

Mikkel Mikkelsen
Personal information
CountryDenmark
Born (1992-05-22) 22 May 1992
Copenhagen, Denmark
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Men'singles & doubles
Highest ranking141 (MS 27 March 2014)
84 (MD with Jeppe Bay 26 November 2019)
27 (XD with Rikke Søby Hansen 25 October 2022)
Current ranking28 (XD with Rikke Søby Hansen 24 January 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Denmark
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Madrid Mixed doubles
European Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Aire-sur-la-Lys Mixed team
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Vantaa Mixed team
BWF profile

Achievements

European Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen Germany Mark Lamsfuß
Germany Isabel Lohau		 21–12, 16–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Scottish Open Denmark Mai Surrow Netherlands Jacco Arends
Netherlands Selena Piek		 10–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 11 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Iceland International Denmark Emil Holst Denmark Frederik Colberg
Denmark Kasper Paulsen		 21–15, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Turkiye Open Denmark Nikolaj Overgaard England Ben Stawski
Scotland Paul van Rietvelde		 19–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Hungarian International Denmark Frederik Colberg Indonesia Albert Saputra
Indonesia Indra Viki Okvana		 16–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Hellas International Denmark Frederik Colberg Denmark Mathias Christiansen
Denmark David Daugaard		 0–0 Retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Polish International Denmark Jeppe Bay England Zach Russ
England Steven Stallwood		 20–22, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Scottish Open Denmark Jeppe Bay Scotland Alexander Dunn
Scotland Adam Hall		 10–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Portugal International Denmark Mai Surrow Vietnam Đỗ Tuấn Đức
Vietnam Phạm Như Thảo		 21–19, 17–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Slovenia International Denmark Mai Surrow Denmark Steve Olesen
Denmark Sara Lundgaard		 21–9, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Polish International Denmark Mai Surrow Poland Paweł Pietryja
Poland Aneta Wojtkowska		 21–19, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Swedish International Denmark Mai Surrow Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt
Denmark Alexandra Bøje		 21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Austrian Open Denmark Mai Surrow China Gao Xiangcheng
China Xia Chunyu		 21–19, 17–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Finnish Open Denmark Mai Surrow Chinese Taipei Tseng Min-hao
Chinese Taipei Hu Ling-fang		 22–24, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Slovenia International Denmark Mai Surrow England Gregory Mairs
England Jenny Moore		 21–12, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Spanish International Denmark Mai Surrow Russia Evgenij Dremin
Russia Evgenia Dimova		 22–24, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Swedish Open Denmark Mai Surrow Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta
Singapore Tan Wei Han		 14–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Belgian International Denmark Amalie Magelund England Ben Lane
England Jessica Pugh		 12–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Polish International Denmark Amalie Magelund Netherlands Ruben Jille
Netherlands Alyssa Tirtosentono		 21–19, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Dutch Open Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen Netherlands Robin Tabeling
Netherlands Selena Piek		 21–18, 13–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Irish Open Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen Netherlands Robin Tabeling
Netherlands Selena Piek		 18–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Belgian International Denmark Rikke Søby Hansen England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith		 18–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Mikkel Mikkelsen biography". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. "Blichfeldt secures an overdue win". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. "Magee's claim maiden title in Medvode". Badminton Europe. Retrieved 23 January 2017.


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